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G. BARNES. 'WINDMILL REGULATOR.

P/tented July 21,1891.

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CHARLES BARNES, OF IVEST LIBERTY, IOWA.

WINDMILL-REGULATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,264, dated July 21, 1891.

'Application tiled October 31, 1890. Serial No. 369,881 (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern;

Beit known that I, CHARLES BARNES, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Liberty, in the county of Muscatine and State ot' Iowa, have invented a new and useful VVindmill-Regulator, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to windmill-regulators; and the object of the same is to provide a device wherein the motion of the windwheel and the action of the pump-rod will have no effect when the water in the tank is low, but will gradually throw the wheel out of operation when the tank is nearly full.

To this end the invention Aconsists of the specific details of construction hereinafter` described and claimed, and as illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improved regulator in place on the windmill frame-work, with the parts in position as when the tank is being iilled. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the regulator proper when the tank is full and the device is moving the wheel out of the wind. Fig. 3 is a plan view with the roof of the regulator-case removed. Il is a detail in perspective of the pump-rod, the regulator-beam, the link connecting them, and the operating-pawl. Figs. 5 and 6 are perspective details of the regulator-drum and the catch-lifting bar,

Referring to the said drawings, ll is a box or casing in which my improved regulator is located and by which it is protected from the elements, such casing being preferably supported by the windmill-frame. Through eyes 2O in this casing reciprocates the pump-rod 5 in the usual manner. v

2l is a block having slots 22, through which pass screws or bolts 23 into the body of the pump-rod, whereby the block 2l may be adjusted vertically, and pivoted to this block is a link 6, whose other end is pivotally connected to the regulator-beam 2.

Upon a supporting-base lO, within the casing 1l, is mounted `the regulating mechanism proper, which comprises the following devices: 1 is a regulator-drum located between a yoke l2 and the base 10 and held in posi-` tion by the pivot 30, and the periphery of this drum is provided with teeth 31, except at one side, where the teeth are cut away at 32, as best seen in Fig. 5.

In a groove 3G around the edge ot' the drum is wound the regulator-wire L, whereby when the drum is 5 5 rotated the wire will be drawn upon to stop the `motion of the wind-wheel by turning its blades, by moving its tail, or in any other well-known manner. The inner end of the regulator beam 2 is pivotally mounted upon 6o the pin 30, and an operatingcatch 3 in the shape of a pawl is pivoted at one end to the beam 2, and rests at its free end upon the ratchet-teeth 3l, as shown. A retaining-catch et is pivoted to the base l0, and also'engages 65 the teeth 3l. By this means, when the pumpr rod 5 reciprocates and the beam 2 is oscillated around its pivot 30 the operating-catch moves the drum l forwardly step by step andv the retaining-catch 4 holds the drum while 7o the operating-catch returns to engage the next tooth. In this manner the drum can be rotated until the cut-away portion 32 of the teeth comes under the tips of the catches, when it will cease to be rotated, although the catches continue to move. At this time the regulator-wire L is drawn downwardly sufiiciently to completely stop the motion of the wheel.

Pivoted to the base lO is abar 7, Whose tip 8o d is quite heavy, and comprises three upwardly-extending pins or fingers, asbest seen Vin Fig. 6, and between these lingers rest the catches 3 and a. To the other extremity of this bar is connected a cord h, leading over a pulley P to a weight H, and also a cord g, leading in the opposite direction over a pulley P to a float G in the tank Z, which float is heavier than the weight H, although the cord 7i and weight H might be omitted, if the 9c tip d is sufficiently heavy.

With the above construction of parts the operation will be as follows: The tank Z being empty and the windmill in motion, the tioat G is of course near the bottom of the tank, the bar 7 is turned, as is seen in Fig.

l, the catches 3 and a are out ot' engagement with the drum l, (which may be termed the regulator proper,) -and the regulator-WireL is slack,so as to permit the motion of the wheel. 1c o As the Iioat G riseswith the rising water in the tank, the weight I-I (or the Weighted tip d) descends, and the bar 7 gradually turns upon its pivot,so that its tip d falls slowly and permits the catches 3 and l to descend until they engage the teeth 3l ot the drum l. rlhe operating-catch 3 being still in motion, (commun icatcd from the pump-rod 5 through 5 the block 2l, links (3, and beam 2,) as soon as its tip engages the teeth 3l it commences to turn the regulator proper l and to draw on the regulating-wire L, and by the time the cut-away portion of the drum has come unlo der the tips of the catches the wind-wheel has been thrown completely out of lthe wind. The point of connection between the link (i and the pump-rod 5 may be adjusted byloosening the screws or bolts 23 and moving the block 21, its slots 22 sliding over said screws.

By this adjustment the length of movement of the wire L will not be eiected, although the points at which said lnovement com mences and finishes will be adjusted. This zo is to make up for contractiomexpansion,and

3o on the right side of said drum, and the latter would be turned to a different point, as the movement imparted by the catches does not cease until the cut-away portion 32 comes under their` tips.

8 is a stop seated in one of a number of` holes 9 in the base l0 for limiting the motion ofthe bar 7 to prevent said bar from being thrown out of operative position when the Iioat drops completely to the bottom ot the tank, and the float G may also be raised and lowered upon the cord q in order to regulate the time at which t-he rising ot the float G will permit the movement of the bar 7.

Although I have not illustrated it, it will be obvious that the cord g lmay be led over several pulleys P or over bell-cranks, whereby the tank Z and the float G therein may be located at a considerable distance without impairing the successful operation of this regu lator.

Other details of construction may bc adopted or changes made without departing from the spirit ot' my invention.

What is claimed as new is# l. In a wind m ill-regulator, the combination, with the regulator-drum having av groove in its periphery and the regulator-wire wound in said groove, the face of the drum being also provided with ratchet-teeth which are out away at one point, of the pump-rod, an operating-catch driven thereby, a retaining-catch, 'the tips ot said catches standing side by side and simultaneously engaging the teeth on the drum, and the cut-away portion ot' the latter coming under said tips when the Wind-wheel is out of the wind, a pivoted bar having' a Weighted head at one end provided with pins engaging said catches, and a cord leading from the other end of said bar to a float in the tank, substantially described.

2. In a windmill-regulator, the combination, with the regulator proper, catches engaging the same, and a regulator-wire leading from said regulator to the wind-wheel, of a pivoted bar having pins engaging said catches, a weight at one end of said bar, and a cord leading from the other end of the bar and provided with afloat in the tank whichis heavier than said weight, substantially as described.

In a wind mill-regulator, the combination, with the regulator proper, catches engaging the same, and a regulator-wire leading from said regulator to the wind-wheel, of a pivoted bar having a weighted head provided with pins engaging said catches, a stop-pin inserted in one of a number of holes forlimiting the movement of said bar, a cord leading in one direction from said bar, passing over a pulley, and provided with a Weight, and a cord leading in the other direction from said bar over a pulley and provided with a counterbalancing floatin the tank which is heavier than said weight, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES BARNES.

\Vitnesses:

CHAs. E. BALL, A. A. BALL. 

